Carl Kasell

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Carl Ray Kasell (April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an American radio entertainer.

He began as a newscaster for National Public Radio and later as the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait! Don't Tell Me! He served until his retirement in 2014.

Early life

Carl Ray Kasell, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was a drama student in high school, where one of his mentors was Andy Griffith, then a high school drama instructor. Even though Griffith urged Kasell to pursue a career in theatre, Kasell preferred radio. Kasell started practicing his newscaster voice as an infant and gained his first on-air job at 16. Kasell confessed in an interview with Renée Montagne that he was aware he would be in radio at a young age, even before his final broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. He said he hid behind the radio to deceive passers-by into thinking they were listening to the radio while they were actually hearing the young Kasell.

Kasell, a University of North Carolina undergraduate and future broadcaster, helped establish WUNC radio station in Chapel Hill during his time at the University of North Carolina. Kasell obtained a degree in English but was unable to graduate due to being recruited into the United States Army. He began as an announcer and DJ at radio station WGBR in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he spent time as an announcer and DJ. In 1965, he moved to Northern Virginia.

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Career

Kasell began working as an announcer and DJ at WPIK in Alexandria, Virginia, after leaving North Carolina. He quickly joined the Arlington, Virginia, staff of all-news WAVA as a weekend news announcer and then moved to the position of news director. Katie Couric, then a University of Virginia undergraduate, was hired as an intern one summer, thus beginning her career in news broadcasting.

In 1975, Kasell joined National Public Radio's staff as a news announcer for Weekend All Things Considered. From its inception in 1979 to 2009, he was the news announcer for NPR's Morning Edition.

Kasell will withdraw from newscasting at the end of 2009, according to NPR on November 23, 2009. On December 30, 2009, Kasell's last newscast aired. He continued to work for NPR by raising funds and visitsing member stations. He also appeared as the official scorer of Wait Wait, so don't tell me!

Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! Kasell served as the official judge and scorekeeper in 1998, 1998. "Who is Carl This Time" was one of Kassel's many segments, including "Who Is Carl This Time?" The "Listener Limerick Challenge" and the "Listener Limerick Challenge" were discussed.

Customers who won a game on the show before October 21, 2017 may have a Kasell greeting for their home answering machine or voice mail system. More than 2,000 people have had their answering machines, which he also captured even after he left the show.

Kasell was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame on August 7, 2010, according to host Peter Sagal of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Kasell was the announcer for CBS' annual Kennedy Center Honors broadcast for many years.

Not Tell Me! Kasell's Waiting has announced that he would be dropping out from his Wait Waiting game on March 4, 2014. Duties. Later, it was revealed that his last show would be on May 17, 2014; later on, he was dubbed "Scorekeeper Emeritus" on the air.

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Awards

• 2004 — North Carolina Media & Journalism Hall of Fame
• 2010 — National Radio Hall of Fame
• 2011 — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters of the University of Southern Maine
• 2013 — North Carolinian of the Year